GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |